( June 2, 2021, 16:32 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Vassil Kroumov Bojkov, a Bulgarian oligarch, and 58 firms under his control have been sanctioned by the US Treasury for corruption. Bojkov, who evaded Bulgarian law enforcement and is now in the United Arab Emirates, paid more than $6,000 a day in bribes to revoke a competitor's gambling license, Treasury said. Also sanctioned were Delyan Slavchev Peevski, a former member of Parliament, and Ilko Dimitrov Zhelyazkov, a former official for technical operations. The US assets of the sanctioned parties are frozen and the individuals are banned from travel to the US.Statement follows below:...
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